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Rankings: MVPs of the Year

Law360’s MVPs of the Year recognizes the five attorneys who had extraordinary wins and contributed most to their practice area in the past year. The series showcases standout attorneys across the practice areas and industries covered by Law360.
  • November 06, 2015

    Law360's Super MVPs In A Class Of Their Own

    Five exceptional attorneys stand out from the pack by being selected for the Law360 MVP distinction for five straight years.

  • November 06, 2015

    5 Firms Lead The Pack With MVP Wins

    Five elite law firms have racked up more than 20 Law360 MVP wins each over the past five years, outshining their competitors with their accomplishments in complex litigation and transactions.

  • November 06, 2015

    Law360 MVP Awards Go To Legal Aces From 86 Firms

    This week, Law360 will begin profiling those elite attorneys whose successes in high-stakes litigation, record-breaking deals and complex global matters earned them a spot on this year's list of MVP award winners.

  • December 15, 2014

    Real Estate MVP: Simpson Thacher's Brian Stadler

    Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP partner Brian Stadler's work in negotiating Glimcher Realty Trust's $4.3 billion acquisition by Washington Prime Group Inc., along with efforts on a slate of massive deals by Blackstone Group LP, has landed him a spot on Law360’s list of Real Estate MVPs.

  • December 15, 2014

    Project Finance MVP: Orrick Herrington's Pascal Agboyibor

    Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP partner Pascal Agboyibor is a go-to adviser to several African nations and corporations that tap his expertise to helm many of the area's most significant power and mining projects, landing Agboyibor a spot on Law360's list of Project Finance MVPs for the second year in a row.

  • December 12, 2014

    Real Estate MVP: Fried Frank's Ross Silver

    Ross Z. Silver of Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP closed one of the most complicated real estate transactions of 2014 and helped liquidate more than $800 million for Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. a year earlier, part of a track record that has earned him a spot on Law360’s list of Real Estate MVPs.

  • December 11, 2014

    Real Estate MVP: Morris Manning's Lauren Prevost

    Morris Manning & Martin LLP’s Lauren Prevost was the quarterback for a team of lawyers that, on top of two multibillion-dollar mergers this year, closed an $11.2 billion merger that created the country’s largest net lease real estate investment trust, making her one of Law360’s Real Estate MVPs.

  • December 10, 2014

    Real Estate MVP: Stroock's Ross Moskowitz

    Guiding Sterling Equities in the $3 billion redevelopment of Willets Point in Queens and KNIC Partners LLP on the $320 million Kingsbridge Armory project in the Bronx has earned Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP's Ross Moskowitz a spot on Law360’s list of Real Estate MVPs.

  • December 09, 2014

    Real Estate MVP: Gibson Dunn's Drew Flowers

    Gibson Dunn's Drew Flowers has had a hectic, successful year, closing such complex real estate deals as The Related Cos. LP's $1.3 billion acquisition of the Time Warner Center, among other massive transactions, and landing on Law360's list of Real Estate MVPs.

  • December 08, 2014

    Real Estate MVP: Willkie Farr's Thomas Henry

    In the past year, Willkie Farr LLP's Thomas J. Henry represented longtime client Paramount Group Inc. in its $2.3 billion initial public offering, the largest real estate investment trust public offering in history, helping him earn a spot on Law360's list of Real Estate MVPs.

  • December 05, 2014

    Real Estate MVP: Morrison & Foerster's Mark Edelstein

    The economy's continued recovery has shifted the focus of the real estate industry over the past year, but Mark Edelstein and his team at Morrison & Foerster LLP have not missed a beat, as evidenced by his status as the only attorney making a repeat appearance on Law360's list of Real Estate MVPs.

  • November 18, 2014

    Law360 MVP Awards Go To Legal Aces From 78 Firms

    Beginning this week, Law360 will profile those elite attorneys whose successes in high-stakes litigation, record-breaking deals and complex global matters earned them a spot on this year's list of MVP award winners.

  • December 18, 2013

    Real Estate MVP: Fried Frank's Jonathan Mechanic

    Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP’s Jonathan Mechanic helped complete some of New York City’s most significant real estate deals in the past year — including Coach Inc.’s $750 million relocation to Hudson Yards — earning him a spot on Law360’s list of 2013 Real Estate MVPs.

  • December 17, 2013

    Real Estate MVP: Cleary Gottlieb's Steve Horowitz

    Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP's Steve Horowitz racked up sizeable real estate and financing deals in the past year, including unloading a minority stake in New York's iconic General Motors Building to foreign investors for about $1.4 billion, landing him on Law360's list of 2013 Real Estate MVPs.

  • December 16, 2013

    Real Estate MVP: Greenberg Traurig's Richard Giusto

    For his work representing clients in 35 deals valued at nearly $3.5 billion, including Invesco Ltd. in its $185 million sale of the iconic Brill Building in New York, Greenberg Traurig LLP's Richard Giusto earned himself a spot among Law360's Real Estate MVPs of 2013.

  • December 13, 2013

    Real Estate MVP: Dechert's David Forti

    Dechert LLP's David Forti helped complete nearly two dozen commercial mortgage backed securities deals in the last year — including one involving a $1 billion loan on the landmark Seagram Building in New York — landing him on the list of Law360's 2013 Real Estate MVPs.

  • December 12, 2013

    Real Estate MVP: Morrison & Foerster's Mark Edelstein

    Morrison & Foerster LLP’s Mark Edelstein oversaw Union Bank NA’s $3.7 billion purchase of a commercial real estate lending portfolio and used creative financing deals to launch or revive projects that are reshaping the New York City skyline, making him one of Law360’s 2013 MVPs.

  • December 11, 2013

    Real Estate MVP: Weil Gotshal's W. Michael Bond

    Weil Gotshal & Manges partner W. Michael Bond is on the cutting edge of real estate investment trusts mergers and acquisitions, advising Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. in its sale of its largest asset, Archstone Enterprise LP, in a deal valued at more than $16 billion, earning him a spot on Law360's list of Real Estate MVPs.

  • November 08, 2013

    Law360 MVP Awards Go To Legal Top Guns From 58 Firms

    Beginning this week, Law360 will profile the elite law firm partners whose exemplary work on critical litigation, mammoth deals and first-of-their-kind global matters earned them a spot on this year's list of MVP award winners.

  • December 14, 2012

    Real Estate MVP: Kirkland's Jonathan Schechter

    A robust body of work in his first full year at Kirkland & Ellis LLP, including several blockbuster deals for Starwood Capital Group, has earned veteran real estate partner Jonathan Schechter a spot on Law360's list of 2012 Real Estate MVPs.

  • December 13, 2012

    Real Estate MVP: Weil Gotshal's J. Philip Rosen

    Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP’s J. Philip Rosen has built his career taking a hands-on strategy with an impressive body of high-profile real estate transactions, a personal approach that has won him a long list of happy clients as well as a spot on Law360's list of Real Estate MVPs.

  • December 12, 2012

    Real Estate MVP: Fried Frank's Stephen Lefkowitz

    Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP's Stephen Lefkowitz helped Cornell University beat out 16 other universities around the globe in landing an agreement with New York City to develop a $2 billion science and engineering campus on Roosevelt Island, helping to secure him a spot on Law360's list of Real Estate MVPs.

  • December 11, 2012

    Real Estate MVP: Jones Day's Steven Koppel

    Throughout this year, Jones Day partner Steven Koppel has led a team of real estate attorneys in nailing down complex financing for several high-profile New York City development projects aimed at revitalization and growth, cementing his place among Law360's Real Estate MVPs.

  • December 10, 2012

    Real Estate MVP: Akerman's Neisen Kasdin

    Behind about a half dozen of Miami's most recent blockbuster land deals and transformational real estate projects — including Swire Properties Ltd.'s $1 billion Brickell CitiCentre project and the $312 million redevelopment of the Miami Design District — stands Akerman Senterfitt LLP's Neisen Kasdin, earning him a spot as one of Law360's Real Estate MVPs.

  • December 07, 2012

    Real Estate MVP: Kramer Levin's Jonathan Canter

    For his representation of Toll Brothers Inc. and Starwood Capital Group in complex negotiations with New York City for the development of a 550,000-square-foot luxury mixed-use project at Brooklyn Bridge Park, Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP's Jonathan Canter has earned a spot as one of Law360's Real Estate MVPs.

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